The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2141
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2698
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 | 313.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.55° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.14° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.