The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1930
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
9:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 89
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 | 35.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.17° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.40° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| 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.