The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2120
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
11:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2439
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 | 49.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.77° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.88° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.