The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2018
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
8:43 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.70° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.70° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.