The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1984
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
7:22 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 757
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 | 10.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 151.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.50° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.12° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.