The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
4:34 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1573
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 | 137.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 35.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.48° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.65° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.