The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2178
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
7:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3156
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 | 200.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 315.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.18° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.18° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.