The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1997
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:46 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 917
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.22° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.79° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.