The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2030
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
5:06 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1325
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 | 341.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 190.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.31° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.43° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.