The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2043
Waning Crescent
43.8% 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
2:27 AM
11:14 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 277.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.37° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.34° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.