The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2011
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
5:38 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.11° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.