The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1926
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.58° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.06° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.