The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1912
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
8:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -134
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 | 209.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.59° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.78° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.