The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1938
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
10:31 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.44° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.67° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.