The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2086
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:02 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2018
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 | 214.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.33° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.17° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.