The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1922
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
11:11 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 53.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.17° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.74° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.