The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1901
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
7:41 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.65° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.71° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.