The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2038
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
4:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1424
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 193.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.88° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.97° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.