The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2005
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
12:43 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 296.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 225.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.25° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.13° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.