The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
3:20 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 115.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.37° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.01° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.