The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2083
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:23 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1981
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 | 198.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 318.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -5.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.97° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.51° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.