The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2141
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
3:42 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2698
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 | 324.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 207.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.19° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.34° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.