The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2049
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
7:37 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1561
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 | 9.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.89° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.36° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.