The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1942
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.67° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.65° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.