The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1913
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:16 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -122
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 202.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.75° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.22° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.