The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2106
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
5:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2265
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 | 346.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 184.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.51° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.65° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.