The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1983
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
10:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° 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 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.06° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.26° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.