The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1004
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 | 164.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 2.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.84° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.33° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.