The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1923
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.27° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.33° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.