The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1959
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
5:01 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 339.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 192.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -9.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.03° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.57° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.