The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2138
Waning Crescent
38.0% 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
3:00 AM
11:46 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2661
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.08° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.23° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.