The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2035
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
11:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1387
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.27° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.64° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.