The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1926
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
9:43 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 236.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.75° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.90° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.