The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2157
Waning Crescent
36.9% 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
3:06 AM
11:54 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2896
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.76° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.35° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.02° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.