The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
4:50 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 141.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.91° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.