The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2086
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
7:35 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2018
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 | 203.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.44° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.02° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.