The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1950
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
7:42 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 321.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -0.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.84° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.24° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.