The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2132
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
9:00 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2587
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 | 222.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.83° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.31° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.