The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1916
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
8:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 19.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.39° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.