The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
4:03 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 124.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.36° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.29° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.