The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2016
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
12:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 290.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 236.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.73° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.20° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.