The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2189
Waning Gibbous
89.0% 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
10:03 PM
8:45 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3292
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.33° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.57° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.