The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2076
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
4:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1894
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 190.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.68° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.