The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1988
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
7:45 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.78° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.84° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.