The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.40° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.37° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.