The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
6:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1511
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 | 171.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 356.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.95° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.38° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.