The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1961
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
8:40 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 215.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.72° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.65° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| 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.