The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2112
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
12:29 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2340
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.63° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.27° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.05° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.