The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2056
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
8:15 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1647
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 314.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.15° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.15° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.