The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2052
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
11:46 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 58.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.82° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.03° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.