The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
4:21 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2748
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 | 134.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.25° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.81° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| 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.