The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2161
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 | 72.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.59° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.