The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2108
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2290
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 | 245.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.94° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.63° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.