The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2071
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
8:21 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 137.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.81° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.