The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1905
Waning Crescent
0.2% 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
6:44 AM
6:08 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -221
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 172.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.87° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.10° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.