The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2048
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
8:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1548
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.63° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.89° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.