The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
3:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1338
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 | 117.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.39° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.59° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.