The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1927
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
11:23 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 52
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 | 54.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.88° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.72° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.