The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2056
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
9:25 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 231.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.90° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.44° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.