The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2176
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
10:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3131
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus and Neptune 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 | 269.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.44° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.47° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.