The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2005
Waning Crescent
39.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
11:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -28.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.92° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.95° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.