The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1987
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 70.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.66° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.78° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.