The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2062
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
10:27 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1721
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.45° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.81° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.