The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2121
Waning Gibbous
98.4% 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
8:00 PM
7:11 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2451
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 | 194.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 325.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.21° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.95° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.