The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2022
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
8:44 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1227
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 | 24.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.98° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.49° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.