The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1931
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
7:20 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 101
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 339.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.97° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.