The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1915
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
7:46 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 205.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.64° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.34° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.0° |
| 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.