The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2152
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
5:51 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2834
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.20° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.82° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.