The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1940
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
1:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 300.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 228.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.57° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.17° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.