The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 1927
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
7:40 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.98° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.33° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.