The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1937
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 295.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.66° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.83° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.