The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
5:37 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 349.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 177.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.35° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.55° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.