The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1980
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
8:58 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 221.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.83° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.43° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.