The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
10:33 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 44.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.76° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.82° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.