The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
6:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 101
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 357.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.69° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.84° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.