The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2117
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
5:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2401
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 | 351.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.56° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.74° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.