The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2181
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
9:11 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3193
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 | 234.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.39° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.15° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.