The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1975
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
12:06 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.33° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.20° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.