The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1938
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
8:18 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 188
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 | 17.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.07° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.