The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2071
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
9:24 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.22° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.61° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.