The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 1999
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
8:54 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 219.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.78° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.06° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.