The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 1938
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
9:24 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 188
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 | 30.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 122.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.84° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.87° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.