The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
5:48 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 10.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.98° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.88° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.