The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 1940
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
2:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 311.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.88° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.37° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.