The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
5:13 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1944
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 | 135.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 25.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.51° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.77° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.