The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2007
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
7:17 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 188.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.85° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.