The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1948
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
12:30 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 292.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -27.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.60° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.71° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.