The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 1929
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
11:53 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 76
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.08° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.91° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.