The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2113
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
8:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2352
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.81° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.53° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.