The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1940
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
5:28 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 186.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.92° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.97° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.