The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2179
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:09 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3168
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 | 295.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 229.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -21.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.01° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.19° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.