The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
2:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2748
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 | 111.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.89° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.12° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.