The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:29 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1808
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.51° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.18° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.