The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1934
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
8:38 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 138
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.59° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.45° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.