The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2170
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
7:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3057
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 347.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.52° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 351.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.