The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2089
Waning Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
11:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2055
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.24° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.15° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.