The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1957
Waxing Crescent
14.7% 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
8:38 AM
10:37 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 44.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 13.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.82° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.86° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.