The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2116
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
10:30 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2389
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 | 263.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.57° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.50° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.