The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2199
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3416
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 | 66.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.08° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.11° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.