The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2016
Waning Crescent
23.5% 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
3:36 AM
1:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 302.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.83° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.81° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.39° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.