The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2187
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:14 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3267
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 | 310.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.47° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.10° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| 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.