The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 1912
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
7:49 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -134
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 | 196.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.66° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.63° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.