The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1956
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
10:34 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 410
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.46° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| 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.