The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2044
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
11:04 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.20° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.76° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| 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.