The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1959
Waning Crescent
32.7% 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
2:45 AM
12:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 447
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.81° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.79° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.