The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
5:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 160.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 11.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.27° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.04° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| 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.