The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2021
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
10:53 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1214
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -21.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.74° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.87° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.