The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2162
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2958
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 | 237.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.44° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.34° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.