The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.75° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.88° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.