The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 1968
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 60.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.10° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.59° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.