The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 2141
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
1:36 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2698
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 | 301.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.22° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.95° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.