The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2000
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
6:02 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 954
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 | 353.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 172.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.32° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.96° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.