The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 1947
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
7:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 299
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 | 187.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.74° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.