The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1960
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 460
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 | 70.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.92° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.12° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| 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.