The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1956
Last Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
11:20 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 410
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -22.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.43° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.08° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.