The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:04 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1981
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.48° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.92° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.