The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1939
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
7:46 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 206.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.04° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.14° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.