The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2007
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
7:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.75° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.46° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.