The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1999
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
8:24 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 207.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.58° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.91° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.