The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
12:06 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.74° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.48° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.