The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2003
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
7:04 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 6.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 155.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.54° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.50° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.