The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1972
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
8:12 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 219.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.05° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.71° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| 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.