The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2024
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
10:50 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1251
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.41° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.65° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.57° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| 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.