The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2087
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
7:41 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 9.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 151.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.28° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.74° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.