The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2019
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
4:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 189.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.53° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.35° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.