The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2158
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
11:27 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 51.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.94° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.27° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.