The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1911
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
10:48 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -146
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.38° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.02° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.