The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1954
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
10:05 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 36.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.82° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.58° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.