The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2059
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:45 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 216.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.18° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.82° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.