The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
5:42 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 157.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 14.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.63° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.40° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.