The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2100
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
1:07 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2191
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.47° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.78° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.