The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2052
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
9:28 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1598
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.85° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.43° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.