The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
2:18 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 27
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 | 103.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.75° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.64° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.