The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1908
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
8:50 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -183
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 | 26.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / -0.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.11° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.93° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.