The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
5:43 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 20.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.03° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.95° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.