The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2163
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
4:14 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2970
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.71° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.49° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.