The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1961
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 204.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.11° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.50° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.