The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
2:54 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 102.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.68° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.30° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.