The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1968
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
11:02 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 50.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.25° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.78° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.