The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2078
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 245.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.84° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.91° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.