The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2161
Waxing Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
11:59 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 | 60.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.21° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.54° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.