The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1930
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
11:56 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 89
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 | 59.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.86° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.01° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.