The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
2:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.88° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.83° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.