The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1987
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
10:47 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.36° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.16° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.