The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1957
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.11° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.48° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.