The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2196
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
9:17 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3379
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 | 29.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 124.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.04° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.04° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.