The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
2:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -208
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 | 104.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.80° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.27° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.