The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
10:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 254.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.56° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.14° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.