The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1940
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
3:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 323.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.01° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.56° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.