The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2171
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
5:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3069
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 177.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.67° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.44° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.