The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
4:50 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 121.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 32.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.91° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.20° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.