The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2051
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
11:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1585
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.73° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.11° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.90° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.