The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2090
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
8:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2068
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 | 24.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.61° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.99° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.