The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 2070
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
11:10 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1820
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.30° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.52° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.