The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2026
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
7:48 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1276
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 | 206.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.78° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.25° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.