The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2103
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
12:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2228
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 | 292.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.56° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.33° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.