The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2143
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
7:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2723
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 | 196.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -3.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.10° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.11° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.