The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
5:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3020
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 | 142.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 27.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.08° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.64° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.