The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:19 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 131.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.52° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.06° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.