The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1919
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
10:42 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -47
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 | 44.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.64° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.47° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.