The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2043
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
12:06 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 288.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -28.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.71° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.53° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.