The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2173
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
8:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3094
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 | 225.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.30° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.45° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.