The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2179
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
2:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3168
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 | 307.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.42° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.38° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.