The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1978
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
2:55 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 682
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.49° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.99° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.