The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
3:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2278
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 | 116.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.26° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.57° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.