The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2078
Waning Gibbous
79.1% 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
11:21 PM
9:20 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1919
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.04° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.75° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.