The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1959
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:58 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 315.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 216.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.85° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.17° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.