The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
5:33 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2043
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 | 158.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 8.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.35° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.93° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.