The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2018
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
8:10 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1177
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 | 201.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 316.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.02° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.56° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.