The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2197
Full Moon
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
6:49 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3391
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.53° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.9° |
| 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.