The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2139
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
10:16 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2674
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 | 39.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.00° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.28° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.