The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2171
Waning Crescent
9.0% 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
5:48 AM
3:20 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3069
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.39° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.03° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.