The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1981
Waning Crescent
9.4% 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
5:17 AM
3:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 324.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 205.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.35° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.73° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.