The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2014
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
9:28 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.01° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.02° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.