The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2010
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
8:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 234.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.57° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.29° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.