The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1949
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 63.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.22° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.20° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.