The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
6:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 173.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 352.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.86° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.