The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2091
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
6:56 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2080
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:14 AM, is deepest at 10:55 AM and ends at 12:36 PM. Totality lasts from 10:18 AM to 11:32 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.97° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.