The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2057
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:34 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1659
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 | 337.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 190.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.45° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.78° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.