The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1923
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:35 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.95° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.03° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.