The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2000
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 954
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 0.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.11° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.55° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| 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.