The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2070
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1820
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 | 244.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.64° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.19° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.