The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
6:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 8.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.10° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.52° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.