The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
5:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 25.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.35° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.49° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.