The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1969
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
7:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.01° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.05° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.