The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
6:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1845
Events on this date
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.86° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.02° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.