The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
4:12 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2043
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 | 132.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.48° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.23° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.