The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
5:25 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1375
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 | 152.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.53° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.78° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.