The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2106
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
6:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2265
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 168.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.57° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.14° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.