The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2063
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
11:08 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1734
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 | 49.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.57° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.93° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.