The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2045
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
7:29 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1511
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 | 198.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 318.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.29° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.90° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.