The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2015
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
6:45 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 346.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.30° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 209.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.