The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2056
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
8:50 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1647
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.09° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.29° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.