The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
2:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 98.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 27.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.92° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.88° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.