The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2013
Last Quarter
52.5% 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
1:08 AM
11:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.62° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.31° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.