The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1979
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 66.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.12° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.49° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.