The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
6:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 171.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.93° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.37° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.