The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
4:30 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3119
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 | 124.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.96° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.25° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.