The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2048
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1548
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 | 247.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.90° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.05° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.