The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
8:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.60° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.14° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.