The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1941
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
12:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 83.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.91° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.57° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.