The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1911
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -146
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 | 60.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.48° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.83° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.