The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2092
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
4:01 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2092
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 201.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.63° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.65° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.