The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1922
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
12:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 76.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.17° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.36° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.