The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2011
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
7:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 152.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.95° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.77° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.