The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1903
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.19° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.36° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.