The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2054
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
12:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1622
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 | 285.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.95° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.45° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.