The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1976
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
9:16 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 658
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 123.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.16° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.44° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.