The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2133
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
3:06 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2599
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 204.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.72° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.60° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.