The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2157
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2896
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 | 250.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.66° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.50° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.