The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2073
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
3:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1857
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 | 325.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 205.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.41° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.83° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.