The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 1997
Waning Crescent
36.0% 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
2:27 AM
12:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 286.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.63° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.76° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.41° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.