The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2166
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
7:10 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3008
Events on this date
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.67° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.34° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.