The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1926
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
9:14 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 224.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.15° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.74° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.