The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1931
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
7:47 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 101
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 | 198.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.18° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.45° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| 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.