The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
5:14 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 26.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.52° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.73° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.