The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2074
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
11:05 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1870
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 | 53.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.27° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.84° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.