The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 1997
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
1:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 299.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.72° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.60° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.