The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1995
Waxing Crescent
17.6% 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
8:58 AM
10:57 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 893
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.14° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.44° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.