The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2040
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
9:03 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1449
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 | 224.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.02° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.18° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.