The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
5:32 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1004
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 25.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.03° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.62° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.