The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
3:22 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 109.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 27.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.81° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.52° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.