The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1991
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
8:04 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 843
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 | 216.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.25° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.36° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.