The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1948
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
3:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 311
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 201.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.22° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.29° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.