The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1989
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
1:33 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 818
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.00° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.06° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.