The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2046
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
3:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1523
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 | 327.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.28° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.49° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.