The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1923
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
7:18 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2
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 | 187.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.00° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.74° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.7° |
| 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.