The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1916
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
10:45 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -84
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.01° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.98° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.