The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 3, 2025
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
11:15 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1264
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 | 50.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.90° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.56° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.