The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1912
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
7:23 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -134
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 339.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.33° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.