The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1914
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
12:13 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.32° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.09° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.