The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2024
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
10:11 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 259.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.61° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.39° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.