The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1902
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
2:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.37° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.93° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.