The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
5:30 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 153.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 18.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.36° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.98° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| 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.