The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2187
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
1:22 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3267
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 | 299.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 226.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.63° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.91° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.