The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2111
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2327
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.86° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.08° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| 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.