The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2114
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
4:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2364
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.18° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.19° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.