The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2027
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
1:53 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1288
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.87° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.49° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.