The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
4:43 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1239
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 26.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.01° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.14° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.