The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2070
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
11:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1820
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.20° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.70° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.