The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1959
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
1:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 303.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 226.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.43° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.97° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.