The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2082
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
10:37 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1969
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 | 44.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.89° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.32° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.