The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1994
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
10:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 257.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.06° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.34° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| 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.