The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2076
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
5:50 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1894
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 174.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.66° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.79° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.