The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2078
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
10:14 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 256.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.73° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.08° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.