The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
3:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.49° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.90° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.