The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% 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
12:14 PM
2:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.48° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.05° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.