The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2010
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 247.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.04° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.45° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| 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.