The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1998
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 930
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 | 68.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.65° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.70° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.