The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1942
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
9:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.35° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.34° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| 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.