The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2007
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
6:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:29 PM, is deepest at 6:20 PM and ends at 8:11 PM. Totality lasts from 5:43 PM to 6:58 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 348.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.84° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.