The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
2:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3218
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 | 106.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.80° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.85° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.