The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
10:58 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -20.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.67° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.