The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2016
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 314.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 216.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.36° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.59° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.