The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2046
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
4:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1523
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 | 337.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 192.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.12° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.69° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.