The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
6:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.49° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.26° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.