The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
2:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2278
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 | 103.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.99° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.73° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.