The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2144
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
5:53 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2735
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 | 350.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.84° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.08° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.