The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.02° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.02° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.