The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1924
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
6:40 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 164.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.38° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.92° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.