The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
4:23 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1907
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.71° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.45° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.