The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2084
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
5:39 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1993
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.09° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.33° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.