The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2062
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
11:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1721
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 231.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -28.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.26° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.16° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.