The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1964
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
10:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.50° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.64° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.