The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2197
Waning Gibbous
96.5% 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
8:44 PM
7:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3391
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 | 201.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.80° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.98° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.