The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
2:09 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3416
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.85° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.58° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.