The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
5:08 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1907
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 | 136.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.79° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.29° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.