The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
1:56 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 97.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.08° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.61° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.