The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
5:55 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3255
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 | 155.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 14.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.43° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.68° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.