The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
2:13 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1771
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.83° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.84° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.