The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
2:34 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3082
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 | 99.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.67° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.93° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| 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.