The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1905
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
4:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 332.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 199.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.80° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.69° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.