The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1927
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
8:56 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 129.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / -0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.22° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.12° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.