The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1920
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
7:02 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 190.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.10° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.