The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
5:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 143.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.06° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.31° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.