The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1941
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 225
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.92° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.75° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.