The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:08 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 128.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.39° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.85° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.