The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1956
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
12:11 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 283.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.26° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.25° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.