The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1983
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
9:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.54° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.94° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.