The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Waning Crescent
28.5% 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
12:41 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 295.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.27° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.93° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| 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.