The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
3:49 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1437
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 | 118.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.83° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.85° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.