The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2060
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
7:53 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1697
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.47° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.09° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.