The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2103
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
1:50 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2228
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.80° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.52° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.