The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2028
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
1:00 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1301
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.51° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.44° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.