The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
5:31 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -171
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 | 142.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.19° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.45° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.