The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1905
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
5:11 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -221
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 186.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.90° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.89° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.