The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1900
Waxing Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:56 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.39° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.08° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.