The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
5:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 132.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.86° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.04° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.