The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2071
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
10:28 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.52° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.41° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.