The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2059
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1684
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.27° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.29° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.