The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2057
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
5:42 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1659
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.07° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.99° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.