The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1911
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
1:17 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -146
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.73° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.46° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.