The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
3:25 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 831
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.69° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.71° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.