The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2081
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
1:41 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1956
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 | 306.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.39° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.17° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.