The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.57° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.29° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.