The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
2:27 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3317
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 | 98.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.57° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.30° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| 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.