The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2105
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
7:29 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2253
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 | 200.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.84° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.66° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.