The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1929
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
12:41 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 294.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.96° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.09° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.