The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
5:26 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2142
Events on this date
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Mercury 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 | 140.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 26.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.79° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.51° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.