The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1998
Waxing Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
12:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 930
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 | 81.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.64° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.52° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.