The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1900
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
10:47 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.15° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.28° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.