The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 4, 2081
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
12:41 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1956
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.36° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.98° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.