The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1910
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
12:05 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -159
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 | 285.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.90° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.29° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.