The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2074
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
12:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1870
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 | 75.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.01° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.47° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.