The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 5, 2198
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
4:35 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3403
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.93° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.58° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.