The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1916
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
7:22 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -84
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.85° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.60° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.