The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2068
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
8:59 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 24.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.47° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.35° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.