The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
3:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3218
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 | 118.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.17° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.68° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.