The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
4:11 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 124.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.44° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.50° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.