The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2056
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
7:40 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 189.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 332.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.23° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.01° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.