The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1975
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
12:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 279.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -21.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.97° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.37° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.