The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
5:15 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 151.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 21.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.44° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.43° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.