The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1929
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
2:37 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 316.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -24.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.22° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.48° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.