The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2084
Waning Crescent
11.4% 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
5:05 AM
3:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1993
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 | 320.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.72° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.92° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.