The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1949
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
10:13 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 41.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.29° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.59° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.