The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
3:10 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 27
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.57° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.47° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.