The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2141
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
12:38 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2698
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 | 290.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.15° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.76° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.