The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1980
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
8:29 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 210.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.95° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.28° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.