The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
6:00 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 148.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.73° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.84° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| 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.