The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2062
Waning Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
11:08 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1721
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -28.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.39° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.98° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.