The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1967
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
11:59 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 546
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.68° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.34° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.