The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2451
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 356.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.46° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.