The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2198
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
3:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3403
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 210.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.73° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.38° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.