The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1943
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
6:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 249
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 | 349.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 159.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.72° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.03° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.