The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2090
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
9:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2068
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 | 36.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.62° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.79° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.