The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1979
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
12:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 78.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.16° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.31° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.