The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2076
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
3:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1894
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 | 323.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 204.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.76° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.38° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.