The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2092
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
1:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2092
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.68° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.25° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.