The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
5:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3156
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.08° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.24° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.