The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2116
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
9:26 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2389
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 | 239.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.83° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.18° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.