The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1908
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
9:59 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -183
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 | 39.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.32° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.72° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.