The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% 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
3:16 PM
5:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3255
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.93° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.83° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.