The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
5:11 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 134.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 31.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 25.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.39° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.37° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.