The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1948
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
1:24 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 303.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.52° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.90° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.