The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1961
Waning Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
9:48 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 472
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.63° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.96° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.