The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1972
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 241.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.81° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.02° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.