The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
6:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2080
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 10.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.04° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.23° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.