The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2084
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
1:58 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1993
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 219.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.44° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.73° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.