The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1975
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
11:17 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 255.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.30° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.03° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.