The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1942
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
8:24 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 188.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.64° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.05° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| 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.