The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2027
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
3:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1288
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 | 329.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 200.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.64° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.88° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.