The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% 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
1:40 PM
4:07 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -72
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 | 123.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.95° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.04° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.