The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2054
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
2:14 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1622
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.77° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.82° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.