The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1935
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
4:58 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 150
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 340.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 190.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.28° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.79° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.