The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
3:02 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1771
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.66° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.67° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.