The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
11:35 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 57.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.06° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.63° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.