The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1921
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -23
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 | 315.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.62° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.75° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.