The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2036
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.46° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.08° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.