The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2181
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
7:22 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3193
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.75° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.71° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.9° |
| 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.