The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2198
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3403
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.35° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.18° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| 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.