The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2046
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
2:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1523
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 211.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.36° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.29° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.