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Moon Information For March 5 2017 (South Africa)

Moon March 5, 2017 (South Africa)

The Moon information shown here applies to Pretoria, South Africa on Sunday, March 5, 2017. (Local time Africa/Johannesburg)

Moonrise to moonset11h13m
Moonrise12:45
Moonset23:58
Distance to the center of the Sun148,389,770 km
Distance to the center of Earth363,354 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)43.5%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonGemini ♊
Moon age (days past new moon)6.8

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in March 2017.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and MarsMarch 1Mars is 4.4 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Aldebaran2017-03-05 04:38Aldebaran is 0.2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusMarch 11Regulus is 0.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterMarch 14Jupiter is 2.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnMarch 20Saturn is 3.8 degrees South of the Moon.

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