The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1954
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
7:32 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 8.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.66° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.99° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.