The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1924
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
5:37 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 14
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.34° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.71° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.