The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2078
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
8:58 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1919
Events on this date
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Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.25° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.60° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.