The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1908
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
7:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 147.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.50° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.13° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.