The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2018
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
7:36 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.99° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.