The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
3:44 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 361
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.58° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.13° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.