The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1984
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
9:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 757
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 | 32.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.37° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.71° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.