The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1964
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 509
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 | 251.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.66° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.47° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.