The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
5:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2785
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 | 149.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.18° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.29° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.