The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1902
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.97° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.55° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.