The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
4:34 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 126
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune 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 | 126.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 38.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 25.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.06° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.60° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.