The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2154
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
8:49 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2859
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.57° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.65° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.