The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2149
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
11:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2797
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.57° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.12° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.