The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
4:24 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.56° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.26° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.