The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
39.2% 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
2:23 AM
12:14 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 282.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.54° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.68° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| 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.