The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2033
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
9:36 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1363
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.77° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.22° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.