The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
5:30 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 19.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.22° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.96° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.