The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2142
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2711
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 | 57.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.93° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.