The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1926
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.08° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.45° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.40° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| 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.