The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1934
Waning Gibbous
94.6% 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
9:05 PM
7:46 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 138
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 | 206.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -7.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.14° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.15° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.