The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2017
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.83° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.90° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.