The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2070
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
10:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1820
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.48° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.35° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.