The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1932
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
4:59 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 113
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 | 341.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.78° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.23° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.