The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1986
Last Quarter
47.9% 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
1:50 AM
11:01 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 781
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.39° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.96° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.