The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1991
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 843
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 | 239.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.50° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.66° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.