The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2098
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
9:11 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.82° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.26° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.