The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1923
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
7:56 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.00° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.88° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.