The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2024
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
11:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 283.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.62° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.63° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.75° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.