The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1915
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
8:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 232.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.59° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.64° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.