The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2059
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
9:07 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1684
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -9.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.36° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.97° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.