The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2049
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
5:15 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1560
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 | 342.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.91° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.23° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.