The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2021
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1214
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.62° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.70° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.