The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
5:49 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2216
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 | 153.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.25° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.27° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| 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.