The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
6:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -171
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 | 153.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.18° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.30° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.