The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1972
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
8:37 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 608
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.95° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.86° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.