The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2193
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
8:08 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3342
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.80° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.