The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2019
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
2:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 211.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.97° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.95° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.