The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
6:21 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 156.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.86° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.07° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.