The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1938
Waxing Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 188
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 | 68.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.04° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.29° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.