The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2053
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
7:26 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1610
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.16° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.45° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.