The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2178
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
6:51 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3156
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 | 187.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 336.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.31° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 150.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.