The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1933
Waxing Crescent
43.3% 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
10:15 AM
1:05 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 126
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 26.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.80° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.28° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.