The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1961
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
7:39 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 192.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 327.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.70° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.35° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.