The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2109
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
10:19 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2303
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.64° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.98° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.