The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2057
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
3:25 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1659
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 | 325.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 203.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.66° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.58° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.