The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
3:02 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1301
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 | 106.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.35° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.10° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.