The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
4:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1338
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 | 139.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.42° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.