The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
6:29 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 159.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.68° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.69° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.