The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2122
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
11:54 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2463
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 | 282.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.66° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.96° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.