The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1934
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
9:52 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 138
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 | 256.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.90° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.78° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.