The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2043
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
10:32 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1486
Events on this date
-
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 | 266.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.28° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.17° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.