The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1911
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
9:35 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -146
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 | 34.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 120.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.34° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.22° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.