The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
3:43 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2142
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 | 116.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 46.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.34° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.82° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.