The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
3:57 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.58° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.80° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.