The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2073
Waning Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
12:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1857
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.11° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.25° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.