The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
2:13 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 100.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.84° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.82° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.