The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1918
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:42 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 290.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.64° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.52° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.