The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2149
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
1:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2797
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 | 304.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.14° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.68° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.