The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2054
Waning Crescent
27.8% 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
3:16 AM
1:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1622
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 | 296.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.92° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.63° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.