The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1915
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
8:13 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.10° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.49° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.