The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2040
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:39 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1449
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.00° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.66° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.