The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% 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
1:28 PM
4:33 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2414
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 | 124.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.52° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.31° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.