The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2046
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
1:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1523
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.29° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.10° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.