The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1945
Last Quarter
45.3% 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
2:53 AM
12:43 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.25° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.69° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.