The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1980
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
8:01 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.12° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.13° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.