The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2000
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
5:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 954
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 | 342.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.58° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.75° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.