The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
2:39 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2142
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 | 103.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.82° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.98° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.