The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2173
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
8:22 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3094
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 | 213.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.28° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.30° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| 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.