The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
7:04 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1276
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:49 AM, is deepest at 6:33 AM and ends at 8:17 AM. Totality lasts from 6:03 AM to 7:03 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.87° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.