The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2006
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 63.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.84° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.62° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.16° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.