The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2081
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
11:44 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1956
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 233.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -28.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.14° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.80° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.