The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 1960
Waxing Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
12:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 460
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 | 81.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.92° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.94° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.