The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
3:13 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 112.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.91° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.66° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.