The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1981
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
5:45 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 719
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.23° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.14° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.