The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2119
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
10:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2426
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -28.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.18° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.24° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.