The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1922
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.52° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.55° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.