The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2160
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
1:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2933
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 | 300.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.90° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| 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.