The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2177
Waxing Crescent
10.4% 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
8:05 AM
10:04 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3144
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 | 37.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.83° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.64° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.