The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2048
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
8:12 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1548
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 | 220.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.32° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.74° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.