The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1964
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
9:52 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.71° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.31° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| 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.