The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
5:44 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3391
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 | 158.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 13.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.32° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.44° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| 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.