The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 4.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.24° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.43° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.