The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
5:00 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.38° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.02° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.