The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
2:30 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1907
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 | 102.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.96° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.78° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.