The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2117
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
8:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2402
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 | 23.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 2.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.00° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.65° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.