The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
4:56 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1103
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 28.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.95° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.91° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.