The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2182
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
6:35 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3205
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 168.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.28° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.72° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.