The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
12:58 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 81.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.24° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.24° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.