The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% 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
3:45 PM
5:59 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 149.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.90° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.43° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.