The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2041
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
10:20 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1462
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.41° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.48° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.