The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1951
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
1:37 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 348
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 | 306.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.68° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.46° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.