The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
5:19 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 136.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.38° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.58° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.