The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
6:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.58° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.