The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
5:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 633
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 | 142.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.86° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.01° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.