The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 2140
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
7:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2686
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 | 190.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 330.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.42° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.58° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.