The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2025
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
9:58 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.20° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.76° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.