The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2027
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
12:53 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1288
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 | 297.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.07° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.30° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.