The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2139
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
8:59 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2674
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 | 25.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.49° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.