The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1904
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
9:12 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 229.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.86° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.38° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.