The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1965
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
8:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 522
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 | 27.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.00° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.52° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.