The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% 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
11:41 AM
1:58 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1437
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 | 96.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.64° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.18° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.