The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
4:59 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 163
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 | 141.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 29.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.97° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.11° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.