The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1920
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
6:30 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -35
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 349.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.63° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.