The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2124
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
8:18 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2488
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.98° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.58° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.