The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1965
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
7:50 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 522
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 | 15.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.07° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.72° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.