The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2185
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
7:10 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3243
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 155.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.44° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.53° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.