The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2185
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
10:37 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3243
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 7.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.26° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.93° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.