The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2143
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2723
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.05° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.25° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.