The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1967
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
11:10 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 546
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.48° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.16° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.