The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
5:25 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1239
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 27.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 24.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.86° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.99° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.