The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2132
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
7:42 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2587
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 | 187.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.91° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.