The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2017
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
12:16 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.10° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.71° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.