The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2163
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
7:24 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2971
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 | 7.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 154.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.78° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.91° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.