The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1913
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
4:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -122
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 | 335.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 192.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.59° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.42° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.