The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
3:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 322.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.77° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.06° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.