The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 5, 2184
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
11:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3230
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.37° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.19° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.