The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:09 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1214
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.80° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.