The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1918
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 243.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.80° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.33° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.