The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2158
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
10:11 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2909
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.25° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.47° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.