The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:58 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 110.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.77° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.36° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.