The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2071
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
7:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1833
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 | 8.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 154.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.24° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.01° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.