The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1900
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
9:34 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -282
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 | 31.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.43° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.48° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.