The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
2:25 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 98.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.63° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.47° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.