The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
5:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 152.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 13.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.74° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.17° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.