The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2119
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
11:57 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2426
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 | 286.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -28.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.36° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.42° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.