The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2089
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
11:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2055
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.33° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.33° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.