The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1919
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
9:29 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.90° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.67° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.