The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2040
Waning Gibbous
77.5% 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
11:35 PM
9:31 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1449
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 | 236.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.52° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.34° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| 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.