The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2092
Waning Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
12:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2092
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.91° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.07° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.