The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2074
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.14° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.65° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.