The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 7, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
5:01 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 135.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.22° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.81° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.