The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2051
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
9:19 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 235.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.28° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.40° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.