The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2157
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
10:11 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2896
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 | 261.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.04° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.70° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.67° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.