The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1968
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
12:04 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.91° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.40° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.