The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
9:39 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 238.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.29° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.54° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.