The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1937
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
11:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 175
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.24° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.46° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.