The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
5:50 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3020
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 15.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.25° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.49° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.