The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
3:41 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2414
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 28.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.60° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.47° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.