The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2097
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2154
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.65° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.70° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| 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.