The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2048
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
7:41 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1548
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 | 207.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 306.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.07° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.60° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.