The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1942
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
8:58 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.39° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.20° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.