The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
9:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 29.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.84° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.09° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.