The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2073
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
1:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1857
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 | 303.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.78° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.44° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.