The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1986
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
11:54 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 285.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.46° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.14° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.