The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1957
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
8:38 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 22.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.26° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.3° |
| 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.