The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2073
Waning Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
2:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1857
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 | 314.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.20° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.63° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.