The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
6:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 163
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 | 174.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 354.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.38° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.66° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.