The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Waning Crescent
22.1% 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
4:28 AM
1:26 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 304.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.81° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.26° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.