The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2105
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
7:57 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2253
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 | 212.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.08° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.80° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.