The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2162
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
7:55 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2958
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 | 209.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.98° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.05° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| 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.