The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
2:22 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2612
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.21° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.37° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.