The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1989
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
2:48 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 317.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.01° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.25° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.