The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2008
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
2:06 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.95° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.86° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.