The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
6:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 173.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 352.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.26° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.14° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.