The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1931
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
8:39 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 101
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 | 225.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.78° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.74° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.