The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2090
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
7:49 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2068
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.70° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.20° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.