The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2089
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
12:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2055
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 | 286.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.27° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.51° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.