The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2176
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
12:30 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3131
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 | 291.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.64° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.83° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.