The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2124
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
7:46 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2488
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 | 207.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.65° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.