The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:24 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2043
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.39° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.38° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.